Management of malaria in children: Update 2008: Infectious diseases chapter, Indian Academy of Pediatrics

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 731-735

  Shah, Raju C ^b   Kundu, Ritabrata ^a   Nandy, Amitava ^b   Ugra, Deepak ^b   Narain, Nigam P ^b   Shah, Nitin K ^b   Ganguly, Nupur ^b   Choudhury, Panna ^b   Shivananda, ^b   Ghosh, Tapan Kumar ^b   Govindaraj, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Artemisinin based combination therapy; Chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria; Guidelines; Multidrug resistant malaria; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOMPERIDONE; DOXYCYCLINE; FANSIDAR; MEFLOQUINE; ONDANSETRON; PRIMAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUINIDINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE; TETRACYCLINE;

BLOOD EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN NECROSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX;

EID: 51349125342     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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